The group of polar bears first started to appear on September 19 and remained in the area for an entire day or two while they consumed the entire whale carcass.
Capt. Rodney Russ of Heritage Expeditions claimed that the sight of all those polar bears was “one of those days I or anybody else with me will never forget.”
The sea captain added, “We were cruising down the coast and saw a ‘herd’ or ‘convention’ of polar bears on or near the beach. There was a dead bowhead whale, and we counted over 150 polar bears (of all ages, sexes, and sizes) that were either feeding or had been feeding on it in the immediate vicinity of the whale. We launched the Zodiacs for a closer look, and that is the memory we will all carry with us… there are no words to describe it. I share one photo in the hope that it will portray something of our experience.”